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This Is Why Zoo Elephants Are Now Outliving Wild Ones

A new study just upended one of the most widely accepted beliefs about captive elephants, and the findings are forcing researchers to rethink what modern zoos are actually capable of.

South Africa released 11 formerly captive elephants onto wild reserves; five years later, their behaviour closely matched elephants that had never lived in captivity

South Africa released 11 elephants that had spent years in captivity into protected reserves. Five years later, researchers ...
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Questions and Answers on two species of African Elephant

1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...